Gold-letter press



'May 11 1926.

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UNITED STATES ICE.

eoLnLn'r'rna PRESS.

Application filed 152 .51.27, 1925.

The principal objects of the present invention are to provide a gold letter press of rmiversal application in the sense that it is arranged for type setting and for print- B ing on objects of various kinds and sizes and at any selected location, to make the press complete and self-contained in respect to the heating unit and to the application of heat to the type, to provide for eflicient, reliable and satisfactory gold leaf printing; and to greatly reduce the cost and expedite the operation of gold leaf printing.

The invention will be claimed at the end hereof but wiil be first described in conforming part hereof and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gold leaf letter press embodying features of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the same drawn to a somewhat enlarged scale and showing parts broken away for lack of space on the drawings.

Fig. 3 is an end view looking from the left in Fig. 1 and drawn to an enlarged scale.

Fig. 4. is an end View of the portion of the machine shown at the center part of Fig. 1 and drawn to an enlarged scale.

Fig. 5 is a top or plan view of Fig. i.

Fig. 6 is an end view of Fig. 4 looking toward the left.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 showing the parts in type setting position, and

Fig. 8 is generally a top or plan view of Fig. 7.

In the drawings 1 is a bed or foundation. As shown in Fig. 3 it consists of two channel sections 2 connected together by distance pieces 3 which are also shown as channel sections. 4 is a standard slidable on the bed and provided with a laterally extending base 5 and a laterally extending arm I 6 arranged one above the other in spaced relation. There is a table 7 on the base and it includes a removable section 8. 9 is a head slidable along the arm 6 as shown in dove-tail ways 10 aflixed to one side of the arm. 11 is a screw turnably supported by but endwise immovable in respect to the arm 6. 12 and 13 are bearings for the screw 11, and 14: is a means shown as a hand wheel for turning it. The screw 11 is in threaded engagement with the nut element 15 provided on the head 9. There is a screw plunger element mounted in the head 9 nection with the accompanying drawings Serial no. 33,080.

the support element 18 by a collar which.

permits of rotation of the screw without rotation of thesupport, There is a type screw-clamp 21, Fig. 8, and it is provided with an angularly disposed shank 22, Fig. 7, pivotally connected to one side of the heating unit 16 which is attached to the support 18, Fig. i and Fig. 7, and turnable int-e printing position, Fig. 6,and into type setting position, Fig. 7. 23 is a. detent spring, and 24' a cam release member, and the purpose of the spring 23 which-has a hole in it for engaging a pin 25 on the screw-clamp,

is to hold the latter in type setting position. The function of the cam release or eccentric bulge 24, in turning counter-clockwise, is to ride under and lift the spring 23 clear of the pin 25 automatically as the screw-clamp is turned into printing position F 6, in which a may be regarded as type. Referring to Fig. 8 the type screw-clamp 21 is provided with clamping jaws 26 movable by means of a screw 27 having right and lefthand threads and turnable but not endwise movable in the type screw-clamp 21. 28 is a hand crank or key that may be applied to the screw 27 to actuate the clamps 26 for setting up or taking down type, and of course type is intended to include linotype and the like. 29 is a ratchet catch or slide operated by a spring retracted handle 30, Fig. 1, and it is slidable in ways 31, Fig. 7, provided in an extension of the type screw-clamp 21. This catch 29 or more accurately the part 102 of it by engaging a notch or seat 101 in the upper heating unit 16 of the pair of heating units shown in Fig. 7, serves to hold the type clamp 21 in printing posit-ion, Fig. 4;. To shift the type screw-clamp 21 from the position shown in Fig. 6 to the position shown in Fig. 7, the handle 30 is lifted, thus lifting catch 102 out of notch 101, and turned downward whereupon the elements 23 and 25 hold the type clamp in type setting position. To return the type setting clamp 21 from the position of Fig. 7 to the position of Fig. 6, the operator bears down on the handle 30 and moves it toward the right in Fig. 7, and when he lets go of it the catch 102 will lock the type clamp in the position of Fig. 6. The manual movements required are few and simple and may be quickly executed.

The whole machine may be conveniently adjusted on the bed 1. The table may be arranged with or without the removable section 8 according to the character of the work which is to be printed with gold leaf. The head is adjusted by means of the hand wheel 14 into proper position above the work. Appropriate type, lettering or the like is set up or mounted in the clamp 21 when in the position shown in Fig. 7. The clamp 21 is then turned into the position shown in Fig. 6 and the heating unit 16 is made effective in the present instance by turning on the current. There is no particular requirement as to the order in which these various things are done. All that is necessary to do to print is to apply the gold leaf to the object and by manipulating the hand wheel 17 to bring down the type, warmed by the heating unit,

onto it so as to make the necessary impression. Evidently the printing operation is quite universal in its application and may be conducted very rapidly and satisfactorily.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modifications may be made in details of construction and arrangement without departing from the spirit of the invention which is not limited to such matters or to matters of mere form or otherwise than the prior art and the appended claims may require.

I claim:

1. A gold letter press comprising a bed, a standard slidable on the bed and provided with a base and an arm arranged one above the other in spaced relation, a table on the base, a head slidably adjusted on the arm, and a plunger mounted through the head and movable toward and away from the table and provided with a heating unit and with a type clamp.

2. A gold letter press comprising a bed, a standard slidable on the bed and provided with a base and an arm arranged in spaced relation, a table on the base including a removable section, a head slidably mounted on the arm, a screw for sliding the head, a screw plunger mounted through the head for movement toward and away from the table and provided with a heating unit, a type screw-clamp having an angularly disposed shank pivotally connected with the heating unit and turnable into printing and type setting positions, a spring detent and cam release member for holding the clamp in type setting position, and a slidable spring retracted catch "for securing the clamp in printing position. Y

3. A gold letter press comprising a table, a plunger reciprocatable in respect to the table and provided with a heating unit, a type screw-clamp having an angularly disposed shank pivotally connected with the heating unit and turnable into and out of printing and type setting positions, detent means for holding the clamp in type setting position, and catch mechanism for holding the clamp in print-ing position in contact with the heating unit.

CHARLES I. NIELSEN. 

